<p>Are German and Russian more diffcult than other languages? Which one would be better?</p>
<p>German and Russian are more difficult than french, italian and spanish. They're not as difficult as chinese.</p>
<p>Honestly, the best language for you is probably the one you enjoy the most. You shouldn't obsess over what's "best", especially at this stage when you probably don't have any well-defined goals.</p>
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If only it is that easy. Even teachers who teach languages such as my French teachers only got 3's. It's extremely hard to get a 4 and I don't want to know how hard it is to get a 5. I'm not trying to discourage you in not taking the AP language exam but please don't be naive when taking it because it is very difficult.
I though German would be quite easier than French or Spanish. The English language is a Germanic Language so more than half of the words have some german origin. The rest come from celtic and french words. I've learned that in English Class when we were studying English History.</p>
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Even teachers who teach languages such as my French teachers only got 3's. It's extremely hard to get a 4 and I don't want to know how hard it is to get a 5.
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<p>Lol, not even close to true.</p>
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What do you mean? I have not taken the AP langauge exams but that's what two of my French Teachers said.</p>
<p>No, german is much more difficult than french or spanish. I won't go into the reasons, but if you're interested, check out wikipedia.</p>
<p>The AP language exams are difficult but nowhere near impossible. If your french teachers couldn't get better than 3s, then they likely weren't terribly qualified. I got a 5 on the AP french language exam, and while I was a strong student, my speaking/listening skills left something to be desired.</p>
<p>Wow, I am impressed then if you got a 5 on the AP French Language Exam. As for wikipedia I don't really like to look at user based material, meaning anyone could change it.</p>
<p>Wikipedia cites its sources, so if you are prone to questioning the validity of an assertion, you can just track back the citation and see for yourself.</p>
<p>u guys are saying that there's language specifics associated with grad school? what about for like biz, or law?</p>
<p>i dont know whether i should continue with french, or learn chinese (I can speak chinese okay, but i can't read or write), or some other language.</p>
<p>we do get advice from UVa before we select courses, right?</p>
<p>blueazulim, this you're not writing a frickin' term paper - if you're interested in the relative difficulty of languages, there's no reason not to start with wikipedia.</p>
<p>There are no specific languages required for graduate school. In some ways, familiarity with russian or german would help you in reading published papers in math and science (and perhaps philosophy or literature), but you shouldn't worry about that now. Chances are, you won't even end up in an academic program like that, and if you do, you can take those courses later - they would not be among the most important aspects of your application.</p>
<p>You'll get as much advising on course selection as you'd like before you enroll. Again, I'd encourage you to take a language that you enjoy, not one that you think will help you in the future (unless, of course, you have a specific goal, like working in China).</p>